Yoriko Ichinomiya: Folk singer-songwriter and piano. Her Facebook page reads “just a drinker with a habit of singing and playing piano”. Personally, it feels great to hear something depressive in Japanese for a change.

Remigai: Indie pop and folk from Nagoya.
mmm: Read as “mi-mai-mo”. Great concerts, shy and funny on stage, a multi-instrumentalist. Almost a one person show. Also plays the flute in the band Oono Yuuki.
Spangle call Lilli line: Indie, electronica, downtempo.

Mio Matsuda: sings in Japanese, Portuguese, Cape Verde creole, Spanish… Multicultural and inspiring. Her album “Creole” does interesting music journalism and fieldwork, collecting and preserving local songs from around the world.